Xposition - October 2014

Attention!!!

The 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards were held on October 14, 2014 at Atlantic Civic Center. Drake led the nominations with 8 with Jay-Z, Pharrell and Future 6 nominations each. However it was DJ Mustard who won the most awards with 4 wins followed by Drake with 3 wins. Best Hip Hop Video was won by Drake for Worst Behaviour as well as Album of the Year for Nothing Was the Same and People's Champ Award. Other significant wins included: 

• Best Collabo, Duo or Group: YG ft. Jeezy, Rich Homie Quan - My Hitta
• Best Live Performer: Kanye West
• Lyricist of the Year: Kendrick Lamar
• DJ of the Year: DJ Mustard
• Producer of the Year: DJ Mustard
• Track of the Year: DJ Mustard - My Hitta
• Rookie of the Year: Iggy Azalea
• Best Hip Hop Style: Nicki Minaj

The MTV Europe Music Awards are to be held in November and the nominations have been released. Ariana Grande, Eminem, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams and Sam Smith are all vying for the Best Song. Black Widow, Dark Horse, Hideaway, Happy and Chandelier compete for the coveted Best Video. It's going to be heated up between 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Kiesza and Sam Smith for the Best New Act. We await the winners on November 9, 2014 at European music's biggest night.

The US charts were in riot in October after the dominant peak of women for 8 weeks straight at the top 5. Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass ruled the roost for the whole month unwavering from its top spot. Taylor Swift's Shake It Off continued to struggle at second place as other singles climbed the charts. Jeremih ft. YG's Don't Tell 'Em peaked at No.6 while Tove Lo's Habits (Stay High) and Maroon 5's Animals both peaked at No.3 during the month. UK mega hit Rather Be by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne managed to peak at No.10 while Bobby Shmurda's Hot Boy peaked at No.6. Swift is to release her newest pop infused album 1989 in November which will definitely see a spark in her sales for Shake It Off. 

Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's Bang Bang debuted at No.1 in the UK in the first week of October, however it was once again Trainor's All About That Bass which peaked in the second week and continued its reign for the rest of the month. Minaj's Anaconda peaked at No.3 during the month and Ella Henderson's Glow at No.7. One Direction's Steal My Girl entered at No.3 and The Vamps ft. Shawn Mendes' Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) peaked at No.9.

Other songs which became popular in the US and UK during the month are:

• Eminem ft. Sia - Guts Over Fear
• Cheryl - I Don't Care
• Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
• Charli XCX - Break The Rules
• Imagine Dragons - Warriors
• Fall Out Boy - Centuries

Till the next chord…

At Ease!!!